The story of how the Twin Peaks revival came to be will make one heck of a DVD extra documentary one day. We’ve had contract wrangles and rumour after rumour, especially about the cast. Would Kyle MacLachlan be returning? Would Sherilyn Fenn and Sheryl Lee be returning? What about new members of the cast? Naomi Watts? Laura Dern? The rumours have been spat out with fierce frequency, and yet there had been, up until this point, no confirmation. Until today. It’s best to take a sit down and prepare yourself – there are 217 cast members in total and an intriguing array of new additions, including some famous musicians.

Now that’s a serious amount of actors. Some of the new additions have, it should be noted, worked with Lynch before, so it’s no surprise they’re popping up but the big question that comes from finding out about a cast as big as this? Surely there are more than one or two series in the pipeline to accommodate all this talent? (See our story here about more than one Twin Peaks revival series). Otherwise, that’s a heck of a lot of cameos.